Ortega Must Fight Off Teammates En Route to Triple Crown

With 35ish games to go here's a look at the TL's Triple Crown Leaderboard:

Batting AVG				Home Runs				Runs Batted In
J. Ortega	HAD	0.333		J. Ortega	HAD	45		J. Ortega	HAD	136
A. Pérez	HAD	0.331		J. Crowe	KCY	32		A. Pérez	HAD	117
J. Jackson	HAD	0.327		A. Pérez	HAD	32		J. Crowe	KCY	109
M. Hasegawa	GRN	0.323		C. Delaney	PIT	30		C. Delaney	PIT	106
D. López	POC	0.321		M. Morris	PIT	28		M. Hasegawa	GRN	104

Ortega seems to have a solid lead in HR and RBI, but teammates Perez and Jackson are nearby in AVG. Not to mention non-teammates Hasegawa and Lopez only 10 and 12 points behind.

May through August Recap

Ok, so I haven't had the time I hoped to post monthly updates, but here's an update.

Prefect Standings

Team	W	L	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	XInn	1Run
Regina River Sharks	77	51	-	81-47	-4	9-5	20-11
Oklahoma Droogies	70	57	6.5	72-55	-2	3-2	17-16
Haddonfield Hackers	65	62	11.5	68-59	-3	4-3	14-19
Kansas City Cougars	50	78	27.0	53-75	-3	1-8	13-25

Standings are right in line with what Pythagoras says they should be. The Hackers have been unable to win the close ones, going 14-19 while the division leaders are 20-11. Despite a run of good form lately, it appears Haddonfield's dug too deep of a hole early in the season.

Record by Month:

	W	L
April	10	18
May	11	16
June	15	11
July	18	8
August	11	9

The team has stayed mostly the same since the last update, save for trading Harvey Phillips away. Phillips replacement, Manny Rivera, has been 5-1 with a 3.98 ERA. So the trade can't have hurt us too badly.

The rest of the season will be spent admiring this team's exciting offense, and seeing if Julio Ortega can win VBL6's first triple crown.